Sue E. (Dougherty) Coles of Kansas City, Jackson County, MO was born on April 24, 1924 in Yuda, Ozark County to Charles Calvin Dougherty and Bertha Mae (Fetters) Dougherty. Sue Coles had siblings Clifford Charles Dougherty, Louise Courtney (Dougherty) Dolan, Walter Wayne Dougherty, and Douglas Leon Dougherty. Sue's partner was Ernest Grady Burris on February 28, 1945 in Independence County, AR and they later separated. They had a child Joyce Ann Burris/Hunsucker/Dover. She also married Herbert Edward Coles, and they were married until Herbert's death on May 20, 1975. Sue Coles died at age 69 years old on December 30, 1993 at Cedar Valley Health Center in Raytown, Jackson County, MO, and was buried on January 2, 1994 at Royer's New Salem Funeral Home in Independence.
In the far past, we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photo...